Westlands Water District v. Firebaugh Canal

10 F.3d 667 24 Envtl. L. Rep. 20 ,530 WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT; San Benito County Water District, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FIREBAUGH CANAL, Firebaugh Canal Water District; Central California Irrigation District; Columbia Canal Co.; San Luis Canal Co.; Friant Power Authority; Friant Water Users Authority; City of Fresno; Madera Irrigation District; Stone Corral Irrigation District; Florencio Ming-Ming; Ronald Davis, Intervenors-Appellees, United States of America, Defendant-Appellee. No. 93-15295. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Sept. 1, 1993. Decided Nov. 30, 1993. Thomas W. Birmingham, Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, Sacramento, CA, for plaintiffs-appellants. Robert L. Klarquist, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Div., Washington, DC, for defendant-appellee. Gregory K. Wilkinson, Best, Best & Krieger, Riverside, CA, Paul R. Minasian, Oroville, CA, for intervenors-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, Oliver W. Wanger, District Judge, Presiding. Before: REAVLEY, * PREGERSON and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. REAVLEY, Circuit Judge: 1 Westlands Water…